Error 1706 when User tries to open Office applications
From: Shirley (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/12/04
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 20:54:27 -0800
Lanwench (in General newsgroup) gave me the solution to
this problem: Give the user admin rights then run each
Windows application once. Then take away admin rights and
login as user. Windows apps then work with no threatening
messages.
Shirley
>-----Original Message-----
>II installed Office applications on my PC as
Administrator
>but I have a problem accessing them as a User. Every time
>I open Word or Excel etc, I get the following
>messages: "Please wait while Windows configures MS Office
>SR-1 Professional." Then:
>"Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product
>Microsoft Office SR-1 Professional. The Windows installer
>cannot continue."
>
>If I press OK, the messages repeat. After pressing OK
>three times altogether, the application loads and appears
>normal. However, I don't have confidence that the
>application will work properly so I am postponing
>completion of several large and complex documents for my
>Master's degree. So I need help.
>
>Is it OK? Is it necessary to do anything?
>
>As Administrator, the applications appear to be fully
>installed. They open as normal.
>
>I have Windows SP4 installed and SP3 for Office on my PC.
>All my Microsoft programs are up-to-date.
>
>Actions I have taken include:
>1. Enabling my User to share every folder on my computer
>(with the default Power User settings)
>2. Adding my User to the Security settings for all
drives
>(this seems to adjust the settings for all folders in
that
>drive) even where AllUsers is checked.
>3. Checking the DCOM settings (ref KB319624) - the DCOM
>permissions were already OK; I then followed the
remaining
>steps in the KB article
>4. Checking out KB324906 - Msisip.dll was already the
>latest version. I didn't apply the hotfix because it
>applies to SP3.
>5. I read KB227181 but I don't understand what it is
>saying so did nothing.
>6. I read KB260310 but it is targeted at Servers. I
>couldn't find the equivalent of the "Active Directory
>Users and Computers snap-in" for a standalone PC.
>
>I desperately need to have my Office applications
>installed properly. I can't wait for a major loss or
>corruption of files to find out they are not installed
>properly.
>
>I have also posted a copy of this message to the General
>Newsgroup.
>
>Thanking you in anticipation of your help.
>
>Regards
>
>Shirley
>
>.
>
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